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Ethics II: History

Key information

  • Module code:

    7AAN2012

  • Level:

    7

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    20

Module description

The module will introduce students to the ethical theories of 18th British Moral Philosophers, focusing on Hume, and will explain their significance for modern ethical theory. The course will relate their thought to continuing debates about moral rationality, moral objectivity, moral virtue and moral obligation.

Assessment details

Formative assessment: one 2,000-3,000-word essay.
Summative assessment: one 4,000-word essay (100%).

Teaching pattern

One weekly one-hour lecture and one weekly one-hour seminar.

Department

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